Assessing the capacity to produce health personnel in Rwanda

Leadership in Health Services

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 290-306

  Bowerman, Jennifer ^a   Dussault, Gilles ^a   Codjia, Laurence ^a   Kantengwga, Kathy ^b   Tulenko, Kate ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Management Sciences for Health (MSH) HIV PBF project   (Rwanda)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Educational development; Professional education; Public health; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993105219     PISSN: 17511879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511870810910092     Document Type: Article

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